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Descriptor
English
:
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Atrofia Muscular Espinal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Atrofia Muscular Espinal
Synonyms
English
:
Progressive Muscular Atrophy
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Bulbospinal Neuronopathy
Kennedy Syndrome
Oculopharyngeal Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Scapuloperoneal Form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Tree Number:
C10.228.854.468
C10.574.562.500
C10.668.460.500
C10.668.475
Definition
English
:
A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of
motor neurons
in the
spinal cord
resulting in weakness and
muscular atrophy
, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. Diseases in this category include Werdnig-Hoffmann
disease
and later onset
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD
, most of which are hereditary. (Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, p1089)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
MUSCULAR
ATROPHY
, SPINAL, INFANTILE see
SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD
is also available
History Note
English
:
1988
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:
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Record Number:
22949
Unique Identifier:
D009134
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